At Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, they told them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock.”
“Concerning the Levitical cities, the Levites always have the right to redeem houses in the cities they possess.
Don’t take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a walking stick, for the worker is worthy of his food.
The one who is taught the message must share all his good things with the teacher.
So the Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh where it set up the tent of meeting there; the land had been subdued by them.
So the Israelites, by the Lord’s command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.